Dragon Ball Fusions

Dragon Ball Fusions
Developer(s)	Ganbarion
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Series	Dragon Ball
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS
Release	JP: August 4, 2016 NA: November 22, 2016 EU: February 17, 2017 AU: February 17, 2017
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single player

Dragon Ball Fusions (ドラゴンボールフュージョンズ) is a role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS, based on the Dragon Ball franchise. It was released in Japan on August 4, 2016 with a localized version being released in North America on November 22, 2016. Dragon Ball Fusions was released in Europe, the Middle East, and Australasian territories on February 17, 2017.

Gameplay

Dragon Ball Fusions allows players to create their own character, build teams, and collect Dragon Ball characters to fuse and create new ones to use during battles. It also allows players to take a photograph of themselves or their friends and fuse them.

Development

North American localization

In the game's North American release, all swords in the game had been replaced with sticks. Though no explanation as to why this change was made, a representative of Bandai Namco told Operation Rainfall that the decision was made by Nintendo and Bandai Namco.

Manga

A manga adaptation titled Dragon Ball Fusions the Manga!! (ドラゴンボールフュージョンズ the MANGA!!) was serialized in Saikyō Jump magazine from its May 2016 issue published in April 2016 to its May 2018 issue published in April 2018. Written and illustrated by Hiroshi Otoki, the story followed Tekka as he and his friend Pinich gather the Dragon Balls to wish for a "Number One in Time Space Martial Arts Tournament."

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	72/100

Review scores

Publication	Score
Destructoid	6/10
Famitsu	33/40
Game Informer	6.75/10
GameSpot	6/10
Nintendo Life
Nintendo World Report	7.5/10
HobbyConsolas	78%
Slant Magazine
3DJuegos	8/10
Atomix	75/100
MeriStation	7.5/10
Vandal	7.5/10

Dragon Ball Fusions was released to mixed reviews, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic, receiving a rating of 72/100 based on 37 critics.

Kyle Hilliard of Game Informer awarded Dragon Ball Fusions a 6.75 out of 10, praising the gameplay and graphics while criticizing the battles and requirements for EX Fusions as "time-consuming".

Heidi Kemps of GameSpot awarded the game a 6 out of 10, criticizing the lack of English voice acting, the battle animations for being "repetitive" and the game itself for feeling like a companion to Dragon Ball Xenoverse.

The game sold 77,509 copies within its first week of release in Japan. As of October 13, 2016, it has sold 174,184 copies in the region.